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PAULINAMADITABAMPHUTHI(67) has been living in a two-roomshack for many years without get-ting an RDP house, but she said shenever lost hope.Mphuthi, who hails from Putha-

ditjhaba near the Setsing ShoppingCentre, now finallyhas a goodhouse.The Maluti-a-Phofung Municipali-

ty has built her a house with fiverooms.It was officially handed over to her

on Mandela Day by Ace Magashule,the Free State premier, and SarahMoleleki, the Maluti-a-Phofung(MAP) executive mayor.She said good things came to those

who were patient and she believedthat her patience had earned her ahouse.In addition to the house, furniture

was also provided. Express EasternFree State has also learnt that benefi-ciarieswho receivehouseswould getsix months medical care, threemonths’ worth of groceries and thechildren from those families wouldbe assisted to further their studies atthe FET College.“I am very happy. I have accepted

the house. I want to thank NtateMandela, who is in hospital, becausethe house was officially given to meon his day,” she said.This grandmother, who is origi-

nally from Bohlokong near Bethle-hem, lives with her 13-year-oldgrandson, Tisetso, whose parentspassed away a few years ago.“I have lived in a shack since that

time when there was a war in Lesot-ho. The Bible says there is a righttime for everything andmy time hascome,” she said.Moleleki said she would like to

thank all business people who hadmade it possible to build the house.She said it was evident that many ofthe local business ownerswould loveto help the government.“We visited the families last year

and we found that the living condi-tions were not good, because somewere sharing one room with theirgrandsons. The premier promised

Mphuthi, when hewas here last yearin May, that the government wouldbuild a house for her and nowwe areopening it,” she said.The mayor said their aim was to

make sure that all the elders in themunicipality lived a good life withdignity, because they had fought forthem.“As themunicipality, we will keep

on looking for other elders who needhouses so that they can enjoy thegood life and the fruits of freedom.“We are not building houses, but

we will make sure that we helpwhere we can,” she said.She said they had built three hous-

es, but the contractors only finishedthe one whichwas unveiled and add-ed that she hoped that the other two

would be unveiled in three weeks orso.Ace Magashule, the premier of the

Free State, said that theywere happythat they had built a house for thegrandmother. He pointed out, how-ever, that the issue of building hous-es for people was not going the wayhe wanted – it had to be accelerated.“We had a meeting in our execu-

tive council where we decided thatwe would have to accelerate thesolution of the building issue inQwaqwa.“We want to build houses that will

represent the culture of the Sesothopeople.“We will start building in Septem-

ber and that will also be part of theMandela Day celebration.”

A house for Mandela Day

OVER THE MOON: Paulina Maditaba Mphuthi stands between Ace Magashule, the Free State premier, and Sarah Moleleki, the MalutiaPhofung(MAP) executive mayor, during the official handover of the RDP house. Photo: Tladi Moloi

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features some of the top DJs fromvarious radio stations.Sithole admitted that he disap-

pointed his followers by notreleasing a movie in three years.He, however, said the next onewould show them why he hadbeen so quiet.“I wanted to come with some-

thing very special and believe youme they would love it,” he said.He said the making of the movie

would not have been possible if itwas not for the supportiveNketoane Local Municipalityunder the leadership of Matshuku-du Molapisi.“I want to thank the mayor and

the municipal manager, LekhethoMokhahle, for their support. Wewould like to work with themfrom now on and we would makesure that their money does not goto waste,” he said.

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AFTER spending three yearswithout releasing a movie, thepeople’s favourite comedian MolefiSithole, known as Mopostola, isback on camera.The Lindley-based comedian who

made his mark in the industrywith comedies such as Otlo fellakae, is busy shooting Mopostola 6.He made his firt television

appearance in 2006 and since thenpeople have been talking abouthim.The last two weeks the funny

man has been working on themovie which is expected to be onthe shelves in September. Moposto-la 6 promises to be a hit and it

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Sithole to release first movie inthree years in September

ACTION. CUT: Molefi Sithole, akaMopostola, busy shooting themovie. Photo: Supplied

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THE Maluti Bus Service manage-ment is hoping to have 36 new bus-es by the end of August, JackieNtshingila, the chairperson of theMaluti Bus Service Board, says.Ntshingila, who spoke during

the handover of ten new buses atthe Charles Mopeli Stadium inQwaqwa on Wednesday, said theywere very happy with what theFree State government has donefor them.The new buses where handed

over by Butana Komphela, theMEC for Police, Roads and Trans-port, and Ace Magashule, the pre-mier of the Free State.The ten buses increased the

number of new buses to 12 afterthe other twowere given to the bus

company last year October.Ntshingila said she wanted to

thank the MEC, because he wasthe one who had opened the doorfor them. She said the commutersalso deserved something better fortheir patience.“Our commuters kept using our

buses, even though at times theywere dying on the road, andwe areaware that some of them werefired because of their late arrivalat work. We are sorry about that,”she said.Ntshingila said they were ex-

pecting to have 36 new buses bythe end of August.“Who would have thought that

black people would be in controlof the bus company? I feel over-whelmed with what our govern-ment has done for us,” she said.

Ntshingila has urged the com-munity to look after the buses, be-cause they were the ones whowould be using them.Komphela said they started ne-

gotiations for the possibility ofchanging the transport industryin 2002. He also said it was agood feeling that what they havelong fought for was finally work-ing.“We came here to give you ten

buses. We believe that you willtake care of them and use themwisely. You should start lookingafter them today, so that they willlast you longer,” he said.Komphela said theywouldmake

sure that the buses were driven bySouth Africans with proper pa-pers.“We have seen many taxi own-

ers employing people from Lesot-ho and we do not want that to hap-pen with our buses,” he said.He concluded by requesting the

community to support the govern-ment and added that, if they did,good things would come.“With me in the leadership eve-

rything is possible.“I am a leader who does not easi-

ly go down. I want to make surethat many things are happeningunder my leadership,” Magashulesaid.He saluted Komphela by saying,

“You have done it, my chief. Youknow, he is one of those peoplewho does not want to be congratu-lated alone for the good work, ashe always says the governmentdoes it, but he deserves to be toldthat he has done well.”

Brand new buses canfinally take to the road

BUTANA KOMPHELA, the MEC for Police, Roads and Transport, in the new bus of the Maluti Bus Service. Photo: Tladi Moloi

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BLADE NZIMANDE, the ministerfor Higher Education and Training,told the gr. 12 learners from all theprovinces who had gathered at theLere La Tshepe College that it wouldnot be the end of theworld if they didnot go to university.He said most of the skills that

South Africa needed at the midlevelwere only found at the FET Collegesand not at university.The minister spoke at the Nelson

MandelaCareerExhibitionCounsel-lingwhichwas held onMandela Dayin Qwaqwa.“This is an annual event where we

visit the colleges in the rural areas.I would also like to tell those whowould like to go to college and uni-versity to start applying now,” hesaid.He said as the department they

have devotedNelsonMandelaDay tocareer guidance, because their ownresearch showed thatmany studentsbattled in colleges and university be-cause they did not know what sub-ject combinations to take in order tofollow the professions of theirchoice.“Wehave a huge shortage ofmotor

mechanics, welders, electriciansandmany other skilled-level occupa-tions that can only be obtained at theFET Colleges,” he said.He said that was why the govern-

ment had increased its allocation ofmoney to FETColleges fromR3,8 bil-lion in 2010 to R 5,4 billion in the cur-rent financial year.“In the Free State alone we have

allocated R257 million in 2012 andnow the amount is R365 million,” hesaid.Nzimande said theywanted to con-

tinue to strengthen their FETs andthat they were aware that their im-age was negative. He said as govern-ment theyhada turnaround strategyfor FETs. “We are going to have dedi-cated training for the lecturers. Weare also going to expose them to in-dustry and the work place so thatthey teach things which are happen-ing at the moment. We want our mo-tor mechanics to fix cars which areon the road now, not cars whichwere on the road two decades ago,”he said.The minister said one of their pri-

orities was to ensure that the largenumber of youth in the countryweregiven post-school education andtraining opportunities in order toimprove their employability andchances of having a sustainablemeans of livelihood.“One of the things we are proud of

is that since the establishment of theNational Student Financial AidScheme, we have now reached morethan 1,4 million students. Many ofwhomwould not have seen any post-school education if they were not as-sisted by this. We are also proud be-cause our students’ bursary fundingat the FETs has increased fromR318 million in 2010 to R1,9 billion in2013,” he said.

Careerday held

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THE Free State and Northern Cape Employ-ment Equity Forum members have donatedfood parcels, clothes and toiletries worth aboutR6 000 to the Bophelong Children’s Home inBethlehem.Members from both provinces visited the

home onMonday to hand outwhat they had col-lected. According to Kobus Jansen van Rens-burg, they made the donation to the centre toploughback into the communityand todo some-thing for the Mandela Day celebrations.He said they have made many donations be-

fore and added that every year they identifieda charity group to benefit.“We usually visit the place beforehand to find

out what their needs are, then we contributeamongourselvesandbuy the requestedarticles.We could not give money, because we do nothave a budget, but we thought the little we hadwould be appreciated,” he said.Agnes Mokoena, the auxiliary social worker,

welcomed the donation and pointed out that itcameata timewhenthechildrenneeded itmost.“We want to thank the organisation for what

they gave us and we wish they would comeagain,” she said.

Donation brings joyTHE Free State and Northern Cape Employment Equity Forummembers with the childrenand teachers of the Bophelong Children’s Home and the donated goods. Photo: Tladi Moloi


MANDELA DAY

OFFICIALS of the De-partment of Labour inHarrismith spent their67 minutes on MandelaDay by visiting the Zen-zele Disabled School inVrede, where theytouched the lives of thechildren and the staff.They donated grocer-

ies, while the Vrede Spardonated toiletries to theschool. The donationswere handed over to theschool on behalf of the la-bour centre by MpaiMandla, child service of-

ficer (CSO), MathotoMakutoane, inspectionand enforcement servicesadministrator, andKgechaneKabai, the teamleader. The Vrede Sparwas represented by MosaTsotetsi.They sang songs about

Mandela with the chil-dren and after that Mand-la related the story fromthebookLongwalk to free-dom by Nelson Mandela.Gladys Maduna, founderof the school, thanked eve-ryone for their kindness.

School for disabled helped

GLADYS MADUNA (left), the founder of the Zenzele Disabled School, with the children after theyreceived blankets and snacks. Photo: Supplied

THE Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuurvereniging (ATKV) Bethlehembranch donated two rubber swings to Boikwetlisong Daycare inBohlokong, and painted the playing apparatus for their contribution of Mandela Day. They are from the left AnnahMokoena, Martha Tsotetsi (principal), Louise Venter and Annah Sotetsi.

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MARIKANA was the name of agang, a group of youngmen in theEgypt part of the Bohlokong loca-tion near Bethlehem. No onewould have liked to meet thisgroup at night, as they wouldhave left you injured or dead.Last Sunday, a group on 12men

agedbetween 17 and 25 years apol-ogised in public to for whateverpain they have caused and prom-ised to work for the community.“We are very sorry about all the

pain that we have caused. Wepromise not to do that anymore,”said the spokesperson of thegroup, Thabiso Mokoena (19).The group has already started

working for the people, as theyhave promised. On Friday Ex-press Eastern Free State spottedthem, together with some of thecommunity members, paintingthe walls of the Loch Lomond Pri-mary School on the farm Jiji out-side Bethlehem.Mokoena said they had request-

edMafubeMofokeng, theWard 19councilor, to help them do some-

thing for the community as partof the 67 minutes of Mandela Day,even though it was a day after. HesaidMofokengdidnot disappoint-ed them and gave them a chance.“We then decided to go at the

school to paint thewalls.Wewantthe children to be in clesan classrooms. Some of us have droppedout of school, but that could notstopped us from helping there.”Mokoena said they have prom-

ised the community during thecommunity meeting that theywouldwork for them as they haveaccepted God in their hearts.“We have started at the schools

andbelieveme,wewill never lookback. Some people have lost faithin and respect for us. We wantthem to open their hearts and thatwill only happen if we show themthat we are no longer criminals,”he said.Njabulo Ndaba, the principal of

the school, said the walls of theschoolwere dirty and thanked thecommunity for what they haddone for them. He said he wouldappreciate if they could alwayscome to the school to help.

Menmake endto gangsterism

MARIKANA gangster members painting the walls of the Loch Lomond Primary School as part of spending 67 minutes of MandelaDay doing something to improve someone else’s life.Photo:TladiMoloi

THE University of the Free State’s Qwaqwa Campus students and staff spent the entire Mandela Daydistributing warm clothing, fruit packages and helping the needy in the community. Their day startedat Slovo Park where a house was recently gutted by fire. They then moved to the Thekolohelong,Thusanang and Itsoseng Welfare Centres. They concluded the day by raising funds on campus forthe needy students whose meals are sponsored through the No Student go Hungry Programme.

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IN celebrating their 67 minutes forMandela Day, theANCPharksMan-kahlame branch in Kestell spenttheir time cleaning at the Dipela-neng Primary School in Kestell.A group of youth and Women’s

Leaguemembers fromWard 3 divid-ed themselves in groups with onegroup cleaning the class-roomswhile the others cleaned the yard.According to TsekoMofokeng, the

chairperson of the branch, thecleaning was aimed at joining theworld in celebrating the South Afri-can icon’s birthday who turned 95on the day.He said they decided during the

week that they would visit thisschool because they wanted to showthe young learners that they shouldkeep the environment clean at alltimes.“One would never concentrate if

the environment was not clean. Webelieve that our children was in-spired by what we had done forthem,” he said.Even though they were working,

there was a celebratory mood asthey sang songs like Nelson Mande-la ha hona ya tshwanang le yena,which translated means there is noone like Nelson Mandela.Ntsekiseng Mokoena, the chair-

person of the Women’s League, saidas women they thought it was good

to teach the children aboutMandelaDay.“We would be happy if these

learners could start helping eachother at primary level, because thatwaswhatMandela had been preach-ing. Unity among South Africans,”she said.MjibhaNhlapo, the head of the de-

partment in the foundation phase,said as the school they appreciatedwhat the community members haddone for them and added that theywould love to see themhelpingmorein future.“It showed that they care about

the schools and most importently,the future of our children,” hesaid.

School cleaned up

THE ANC Pharks Mankahlame branch members pose for a photo after they had cleaned the DipelanengPrimary School on Mandela Day. Photo: Tladi Moloi


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TWO lucky custom-ers have already wonthe Setsing SuperSpar Trolley DashCompetition and youcould also be a win-ner.Just visit the Sets-

ing Super Spar,Phuthaditjhaba, andbuy any of the follow-ing brands, Knorrox,Knorr and Robert-sons, to stand achance of winning.Fill in the entry formand drop it in the en-try box in the store.A lucky draw will

be held monthlywhereby the winnerwould be contactedfor a trolley dash.The winner will begiven 30 seconds tocollect asmanyKnor-rox, Knorr and Rob-ertsons items possi-ble. Whatever is col-lected in the 30seconds you get forfree. This competi-tion will end on 1 De-cember.Spar is also cele-

brating its fifth birth-day. There is a com-petition running cur-rently which startedon 1 July. There is aweekly draw until 16November. The win-ners of the weeklydrawwill be placed ina final draw wherebythey can stand achance to win a Toyo-ta Etios as mainprize. The main drawwill take place on 23November.

More customers canwin a trolley dash

TJAMELA MOFOKENG managed to collect groceries worthR1 455,53 in a competition which was held in the Setsing SuperSpar.

KARABO MOLETSANE was the winner of the Setsing Super SparTrolley Dash Competition. She managed to collect groceries worthR502,89 in 30 seconds.


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A MONTH has now passed since the wardcouncillor Ausana Mkhwanazi of Fatengtse Ntsho in Paul Roux has instructed theMofokeng family to leave their burnt houseas she promised them to send someone fromthe Dihlabeng Municipality Disaster Man-agement to assess the damage after thehouse had been damaged by fire.Since then the desperate family has been

living in a house next door, but now theyare afraid that the neighbour might chasethem out of the house since nothing hadbeen done to address the issue of their de-stroyed house.Modiehi Mofokeng (49) said they had

been waiting for the councillor for fourweeks, but until now she has never comeor called them.She said it was disappointing that they

were receiving that kind of treatment fromthe people they had elected with hope.Mofokeng said the house caught fire on

Sunday night and according to her thecause of the fire was unknown.She said on Sunday night she heard some-

thing that sounded like a stone hitting thetop of the back room in the house.“I was heading back to bed after I came

back from the toilet when I heard it.“I went back to check what was going on

and when I opened the door, I smelled thesmoke and saw the house was on fire,” shesaid.Mofokeng said she went back to the bed-

room to wake her husband and 14-year-oldchild. “We got out of the house and startedscreaming for help.“The neighbours came to help stop the

fire. They struggled to put out the fire untilthey were assisted by the municipality’sfirefighters,” she said.

The heartbroken mother said they hadbeen living in the house next door for aboutthree weeks since the ward councillor or-dered them not to clean their house untilsomeone of the municipality’s disastermanagement arrived to check on the dam-age.“We have been waiting until now and she

has not come back to me. If they could justhelp me with the electricity box so I can seewhat to do because the municipality is re-sponsible for the connection of the electrici-ty,” she said.

Mofokeng said she was fed-up with the of-ficials who were not willing to help themat the time they needed help.“When they need our votes, they knock

at our doors, but after the elections we areback to nothing,” she said.The ward councillor who was phoned

last week Tuesday promised to call backclaiming she was in a noisy place andthat she could not comment over thephone.She was phoned again after five days and

has not called back.

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Family tired of waiting

MODIEHI MOFOKENG in her burnt house. Photo: Tladi Moloi

THABISO WILLIAM MOCANCOENG hasbeen sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonmentby the Ladybrand Regional Court.He was sent to prison on Tuesday after

he had been found guilty on a rape chargeaccording to which he had raped a three-year-old girl three years ago.On 20 July 2010 the victim was at home

with her sister. While she was playing, theaccused called her into his shack, as theywere staying in the same yard. The motherof the victim had felt pity for the accusedand his father, as they were homeless andshe offered them a place to stay at the backof her house.When the little girl got inside the shack

of the accused, he undressed her and rapedher. Later during the same day, the victim’ssister called her so that she could bath her,but the little girl refused saying she wasnot feeling well.The neighbours were called and they

decided to take the girl to the clinic. It wasdiscovered that she had been raped and acase was reported to the police and theaccused was arrested the same day.

Man sentenced to15 years for rape

THE Phuthaditjhaba police want to warn taxidrivers and owners to be aware of commutersat night hijacking their vehicles. Another taxisedan vehicle has been hijacked at Bluegum-bosch.On Thursday the 30-year-old taxi driver

fromPhuthaditjhaba, Qwaqwa,was transport-ing three men to Bluegumbosch. At DisasterPark he stopped at their destination. They al-legedly withdrew firearmswhich they pointedat the driver.They tied his hands, blind-folded him with

a cloth and drove off with him.Hewas droppedoff at the T-junction of the R712 to Harrismithand R74 to Bergville. They drove off with hiswhite Mazda 323 sedan with registrationnumber FGZ 594 FS.He managed to untie himself and was assist-

ed by police from Harrismith. The activationplan was put in place to trace the vehicle, butit could not be recovered. Previously,mini-bustaxis were allegedly hijacked in Qwaqwa, butwere found abandoned by the suspects fleeingfrom the police.Taxi drivers are warned to be extra careful

of transporting suspicious-looking people toremote places outside the villages or town. En-sure that you have the police emergency num-bers at all times or of your nearest police sta-tion.You will never be able to choose who is a

thug or good person with wrong intentions,but be aware of what is taking place in yourvehicle.Any person with information that may lead

to the recovery of the vehicle can contactCrime Stop on 086-001-0111 or SMS Crime Line32211.

Look out forhijackingat night

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BOITUMELO MOTABO (24),a Management Assistant studentat the Maluti FET College inPhuthaditjahaba, Qwaqwa, hasbeen elected by the South AfricanDeaf Sports Federation to

represent the country in the2013 Deaflympic Games whichwill be held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Motabo, who hails from ThabaBosiu Village in Qwaqwa, formspart of the volleyball team.

The team left for Bulgaria onSunday for the games that willtake place from tomorrow untilAugust 4.

Motabo who was interpretedby Diketso Rakhosi said she wasover the moon to be one of theplayers to represent the countryin the Deaflympic.

She said she could not believewhen she was invited because

she hasn’t been playing volley ballfor long.

She was called to replace one ofthe players who got sick beforethe trip.

“I could not believe when I wascalled into the team because I didnot even go for the trials. Mycoach invited me after one of theplayers could not go anymorebecause of a unstable heartcondition.

“The coach knew that I am agood player that is was why I wascalled,” she said.

Motabo said that was a high-light for every sportsman andwoman’s life to represent thecountry at such a prestigiousevent that comes once in a lifetime for many.

“The achievement showed thatI had been doing something rightand someone was watching.

“It is the first time that I willrepresent the country and I amlooking forward to be in the teamin the next years to come,” shesaid.

She said she was adamant thatthe team would do well in thegames as she added that they’vegot good players in the team.

“I have played with most of theplayers and we would have a fewdays to practice before thegames”.

Motabo started playing volley-ball last year and said it washard to be coached by people whodid not know sign language.

“I ended up playing for a teamin Johannesburg and that waswhen I started to enjoy thegame because our coach wasalso deaf. We used to had themeeting once a month in Bloem-fontein where I started playingfor that team.”

Mazi Khambule, the campusmanager, said they were happywith Motabo’s achievement. Shesaid that would put their campuson the map.

“The college has supportedher with the training attire andR5 000 as pocket money,” shesaid.

Student excited to bepart of Deaflympics

BOITUMELO MOTABO (sitting)with her interpreter, Diketso Rakhosi. Photo: Tladi Moloi

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AT least five disabled players havebeen identified by theWheelchairTen-nis South Africa national develop-ment officer, Patric Selepe, to kick-start wheelchair tennis in Qwaqwa.These five players were from differ-

ent schools inQwaqwa.Manydisabledchildren had attended the launch ofthe wheelchair tennis which was heldat theRobala Lodge inQwaqwa onFri-day and Saturday.Selepe, who was not happy with the

turn-up, said fivewasbetter thannoth-ing.He said theyhad a fewpeople attend-

ing, but others could not play.“We could have had many players if

the message was communicated clearfrom the start. Yes, the disabled peoplewere invited to the venue, but not allof them could play wheelchair tennis.We needed physically disabled peopleand they should have been in a posi-tion to push a wheelchair,” he said.Selepe said they came toQwaqwa af-

ter theywere invited by theThaboMo-futsanyana Education Department toconduct the wheelchair tennis train-ing to thedisabled community.He saidthat was after they saw some of their

programme.“We felt very humbled to come here

and offer the training andmost impor-tantly waswe hadmanaged to identifysome of the future players. However,we only got five players out of thenumber that turned up for the two-daytraining, but that was better thannothing,” he said.However, Selepe was adamant they

would get more players out of the fewthat they have selected.He said they would leave the train-

ing equipment for those who had beenscouted.He added that they would receive

one training session per week untilthey became good players.“Some will join when they see them

training. We have also trained a cou-ple of teachers from the area so thatthey could help them. However, wewould also come back to check on theprocess after some time,” he said.Selepe said he was happy with the

department’s decision to take wheel-chair tennis in consideration becausethey have started with the schools Ol-ympics and they would be hoping tosee some schools from Qwaqwa com-peting there.Betty Dlamini, the senior education

specialist in the Thabo MofutsanyanaEducation Department, said she hadinvited them after she had been givena mandate to promote tennis withinthe district.She said promoting certain sporting

codes were not something new to heras she had done it with many others.Dlamini said she would make sure

that the standard of the wheelchairtennis grew ever year.She said she would first start in

Qwaqwa before shewould invite othermunicipalities in the district.Motseki Letuka (18), a gr. 9 learner

at the Mafube Intermediate School inPhuthaditjhaba, Qwaqwa, said he washappy to be part of the players whohave been identified.He said he had been looking for a

sporting code that would keep himbusy but no one would consider themthen.“I used to play chess, but I honestly

did not like it. However, I am now go-ing to make sure that I train hard sothat I can be one of the best players inthe next years,” he said.He said he would love to represent

South Africa in the Olympics one dayand added that it was possible throughhard work.

New tennis launchedEYES on the ball: Motseki Letuka (18), a gr. 9 learner at the Mafube Intermediate School, playing tennis.

Photo: Tladi Moloi

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IT remains to be seen who willwalk away with the Goalkeeperof the Season Award at tonight’sFree State Stars award ceremonyafter Kenney Mweene, who wasgoalkeeper for most of thegames, was sold to the big-spend-ing Mamelodi Sundowns.The awards, which are aimed

at awarding individuals who hadworked hard in the 2012-’13season, will be held at The LoftGuest House in Bethlehem at19:00.Mweene might get the award.

However, Tshepo Motsoeneng,who did not play even half of thegames, might be looking at theaward with hawk eyes.The season before last saw

Edward Manqele, who was thetop goal scorer of the team,forfeit the award as he also wentto Sundowns before the teamawards.Luyolo Nomandela might

Suspense buildingaround Stars awards

possibly be a big winner tonight.He might walk away with the

player of the season award andtop goal scorer award as the manwho was competing with him inboth awards, Dove Wome, hasleft the team, also for Sundowns.However, a source close to the

team revealed to Express EasternFree State that the goalkeeper ofthe season award has beencancelled for this season.